Narrow Margin
Seen it?1990 | 97 min | Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Coffy or Grindhouse, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 37 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
63% on Rotten Tomatoes, 53 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$11 million worldwide on a $18 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Peter Hyams
- Gene HackmanRobert Caulfield
- Anne ArcherCarol Hunnicut
- James B. SikkingNelson
- Harris YulinLeo Watts
- J.T. WalshMichael Tarlow
- M. Emmet WalshSergeant Dominick Benti
- Susan HoganKathryn Weller
- Nigel BennettJack Wootton
- J.A. PrestonMartin Larner
- B.A. 'Smitty' SmithKeller